Foster mother charged in abuse of children

BENTON PA.- A foster mother has been charged with the sexual
and physical abuse of two young children in her care between June and September
2011, the same time the two were being sexually assaulted by a foster brother.

The two victims, a five-year-old male and a seven-year-old
female, were removed from Mengine's home in January after they, and three other
children, were sexually assaulted multiple times by a 13-year-old foster
brother at the home between June and September. After being taken into
protective custody, the boy and girl reported to authorities about being
physically and sexually abused by Mengine, as well.

According to a release, Mengine allegedly assaulted them
with a tennis racket. One of the children told authorities that the foster
mother held their head in a bucket of water, preventing them from breathing,
and also sexually assaulted them.

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